As a professor and program director at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in Lubbock, Texas, Lisa Campbell believes strongly in the power of getting an education and constantly striving to learn more. As an award-winning registered nurse and health leader with over 34 years of experience in healthcare, Lisa has a wealth of knowledge to share with us.  Today she tells us how her natural desire to help older people led her to follow in her mother’s footsteps in choosing nursing as a career, and how her daughter has now done the same. She discusses her role at TTUHSC School of Nursing, the importance of coaching and mentorship within healthcare, and advice to younger people wanting to pursue a career in public health. Hear about her passion for social justice, her concerns about the equity of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the need for policy change, and the problem of the wage gap between people of color and white earners in healthcare. Find out about the importance of listening, being present, and really assessing the need in a situation instead of assuming that you know what a person or community needs. For all this and a wealth of other wisdom, tune in today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Why Lisa would choose flying as her superpower.
• How Lisa followed in her mother’s footsteps when she chose a career in nursing. 
• Lisa’s role at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. 
• How the motto used by Nelson Mandela on Robben Island “Each one, teach one” has influenced Lisa. 
• The story of a particularly exciting day in Lisa’s work: Doctor Nursing Practice Symposium.   
• What she loves most about her current role: setting students up for success.
• Lisa’s concerns about equity in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.  
• Advice to younger people wanting to pursue a career in public health: volunteer at a non-profit. 
• One of the most rewarding moments in Lisa’s career as a geriatric nurse practitioner. 
• The importance of listening, being mindful of being present, and other tips from Lisa.
• Being well organized, self-awareness, and other things that have helped Lisa succeed. 
• The best piece of advice Lisa has ever been given: get an education and strive to learn more.
• Why nurses need to really assess a situation and not assume that they know what a community needs in order to meet people where they are. 
• The best compliment she has received in her career: being called the “mother of the community.”
• Lisa’s passion for social justice and bridging the wage gap between people of color and white earners in healthcare.
• How Lisa stays mentally and physically healthy. 
• Lisa thanks people for the work they’ve done during the pandemic.   

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

LinkedIn

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee

2020 ANCC Certified Nurse Award

Yahoo Article - Biden-Harris's COVID-19 Task Force

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